Short hops and hard knocks with Red Sox beat writer Ian Browne.

The New Yankee Stadium

I have to say, I am digging the new digs here. In a big shocker, it is very state of the art, very expansive, yet still feels a bit like the old Yard.

Finally, the tarp is off the field so they can play ball tonight. 9:20 first pitch.

Hughes and Lester. Nice matchup. But I really like Beckett against Joba tomorrow. I’m sure Joba won’t be having any more Youk ideas with Beckett on the hill.

Standard lineup for this one, except Green is playing short and not Lugo. It seems as if Lugo still isn’t in true game shape, and will spend the next day or two with the strength and conditioning coach Dave Page.

Looks like the Celtics have come out flatter than a pancake against the Magic for Game 1. How could you expect anything else after the way the last series unfolded?

Lester should do well against the Yankees tonight ( assuming there is a game tonight ) I would like to at least see the Red Sox starters get there act together. Penny did well yesterday. ( much to my surprise ) Hughes is a very talented pitcher but Boston should have no issues with him.

Ian said he likes Beckett tomm. night, I wish I was optimistic like him. Beckett got his tail spanked by T.B. and N.Y. his last 2 starts. I’m not sure if you turn it around that quick.

If Ortiz can’t hit it out of this park, I don’t think he can anywhere! Oritz says he’ll be back, things that make me go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I don’t know about that. I hope he proves me wrong!!!

Brian, Beckett should be able to right his ship, but he may not do so THAT quickly. At the rate he is going, though, he will be fortunate to be 16-11 this year. Beckett and the rest of the staff need to pick it up, though. Penny made a STEP in that direction–let’s see if the others can do likewise.
Ortiz looks to me like the player we acquired from Minnesota (which was exactly why the Twins traded him!). I still think Papi CAN straighten out, but I don’t know that he WILL. Magadan did well with Papi when he first came over, making necessary adjustments in his swing. The results spoke for themselves. I think Papi CAN do that again. I don’t think it is the wisest move to leave him in the 3-spot in the order while those things get straightened out! If that is what it takes–working with the hitting coach, moving him out of the 3-spot (if not out of the lineup!)–to get him right again, I hope they do it, and I hope Papi reaps the benefits. That’s why I am not SO down on Papi. BUT it needs to happen, and not in the 3-spot, at least for the while.

I THINK it was Magadan who helped Papi straighten out his swing in 03-04 (If my CRS has not kicked in!). Whoever it was, though, did it right. Let’s hope he can do it again!
I will not be on the blog tonight, except between innings–I’ll be watching on ESPN. I hope I can catch some of you between innings, and I hope you can check out BlogSpot. See you then! GO SOX!

You are right, I’m sure, about Jackson, Ellen, and I probably have CRS again. ;) So what’s new? :)
I liked Eck also. I’d have liked to hear him to tonight–I liked him when he, Cal Jr., and Gwynn were on TBS together. I hope they save some clips of Eck from tonight!

Penny pitched well much to everyone?s surprise. I wish Beckett will do the likewise. I guess Beckett just has to keep his pitches down. If Beckett struggles again, I am afraid that Francona will stay too long with him until the game gets out of hand. At least we don?t have Lugo tonight.

Evening everyone… Will there be a game?? Yes?? No?? I’m voting YES!!!! (and not the Yankees network)…
I hope that Jon Lester has his GREAT STUFF tonight!!
game time!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
LET’SGOREDSOXLET’SGO!!!!!CLAPCLAPCLAP!!!
IDOBELIEVEIDOBELIEVEIDOIDOIDOIDOBELIEVE!!!!
KICK YANKEE BUTT GUYS!!!

I’m here, Ellen. Just sitting on the porch watching the sunset, waitin’ for the rain to subside at Spankee Stadium. I was really looking forward to the game, but it’s not looking good. It’s funny to see all those people bundled up in jackets and raingear, while we sit here in the warm sunshine, right Ellen?

You would think if they are going to spend 1.5 billion on a new stadium in the 21st century — that they could put a retractable roof in so they never have to worry about rain delays — even the Cowboys have that going on this time around.

I think that there may be something more than just your regular run of the mill cold or flu with Jerry Remy.. Whenis the last time you can remember that he missed more than 2-3 games all season due to illness?? he’s already missed 1 series and part of another.. Now this is the 2nd full series he’s missed…. GET WELL SOON REM DAWG!!!

Well I guess I need to do it again..
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
LET’SGOREDSOXLET’SGO!!!CLAPCLAPCLAP!!!
IDOBELIEVEIDOBELIEVEIDOIDOIDOIDOBELIEVE!!!!
KICK YANKEE BUTT GUYS!!!! I LOVE THIS TEAM AND THIS GAME!!!!

Johny Damon could have been a beloved Red Sox, been a much bigger figure in baseball, made more in endorsements than he has made just being one of NY boys — still can’t believe he was that money hungry. Bonehead move — but it did eventually give Elsbury his chance with us.

My apologies to Ellen and Julia, but I have always suspected it was his wife — I will leave my comments there — no proof, but not too impressed. Johnny had his Yoko Ono :)

Hey, Ellen, hey, Julia! Glad they were able to start this game. Now that they have, I hope they finish it! I also hope Lester pitches the entire game the way he did that first inning! That was some FILTHY pitching! KEEP IT UP JON!
O’s beating the Rays, Indians beating the Jays, Sox up 1-0. Could be a good night for baseball! GO SOX!

Julia — Oh sorry, I zoned – I was thinking Tek (as in Varitek) — not Texeria (when you wrote Tex) — I couldn’t believe our Tek had re-married so quickly — given what he has just been through and for the reputed reasons why !!! My zone.

Don’t have the sound tonight — how is Eck doing? Wishing Remy all the best — I thought Buck Martinez was the best color commentator I had ever heard. I know some folks probably don’t like so much commentary — but I thought every thing he said was very insightful and really added to the understanding of the game — he is a baseball wikipedia!

NESN is bringing in David Wells to the broadcast team so I’m thinking that somwthing must be really up with RemDawg!!! I hope not,, but they arent saying ANYTHING about Remy.what is wrong! COME ON REMDAWG.. HURRY BACK!!! WE MISS YOU!

Well guys…that was the biggest load of crap Francona gave the press about Lugo and ‘strengthening exercises’ RIGHT! We know the truth but to be fair, it saves Lugo’s face and once again everyone is firing on all cylinders. Love it.
Dave…

They only thing they have said about Remy tonight is that he is back in Boston resting. In an earlier game they said he got pneumonia and a chest infection on vacation but that is it. He lost a LOT of weight though.

I’m really sad about Jerry Remy. Something is going on but it also may be the obvious. I just pray it’s not cancer. That would fit the pattern. Jerry is from my hometown of Fall River so I have a special place in my heart for him.

Two doubles for Big Papi! Maybe he is starting to come around! How about Tampa. They definitely have Bostons number. They have a losing record and Baltimore does a number on them including beating Scott Kazmir. We’ll get them next time around. Go Sox.

I said yesterday that while the Rays may have our number… It seems its the only number in their book!! They cant seem to beat anyone but us!! That could be a VERY VERY good thing..
I’m heading under my comfort zone (my “comforter”) for the rest of this one… keep me posted so I can read about everything in the a.m.!!
GOOD NIGHT NATIONERS..
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
LET’SGOREDSOXLET’SGOCLAPCLAPCLAP!!!
IDOBELIEVEIDOBELIEVEIDOIDOIDOIDOBELIEVE!!
Tell me that you BELIEVE!!!!!

I really like Nick Green at SS. He makes most of the plays and doesn’t get cheated on his swings at the plate.

Lester is pitching well but the most impressive thing is that Ortiz has really turned on a couple tonight. That’s really the first time I’ve seen that this year. He really rifled those line drives down the right field line. That’s the most encouraging thing I’ve seen from him. I hope the big man proves me wrong and starts drilling the ball.

We stole game in Fenway, need to hang tough to make sure Yanks don’t do the same tonight. Too bad Papi couldn’t answer Texeria — but they didn’t give him anything to hit. You would think we still have the upper hand — Yanks are two innings into their pen.

Well, Ramirez had a tougher outing–gave up his first run of the year (HR to Tex). Can’t win em all, I guess, but we can try! :) Pap got the final 2 outs of the 8th, still leading 6-4. (Pap had not pitched in 5 days, so he looks a little sharper). FINISH THE GAME PAP! LET’S WIN THIS ONE! GO SOX!

Keep the winning streak against the Yanks going. This is not 2007, we will see what Beckett will do tonight. But I am cautiously optimistic that Beckett will be Beckett like tonight. I am inspired by Penny’s last outing. Keep the pitch down or Tex will hit it out of the park.
Aside, the headline in this moring New York Post reads Joba ‘s mother was arrested for selling meth to an undercover officer in Nebraska. Reportedly or allegedly sale of course. Let’s see how it will affect Joba’s performance.

Truely not to harp, but there were several not-so-easy critical plays at ss last night, that if botched might have changed the outcome of the game — good thing all of them were executed or contained :)

DGN: you are so right about the plays from ss. It takes alot to scare me, but each time the ball gets anywhere near Lugo, I freeze.. (and I think the ball gets scared too.) Nick Green may make a couple of errors at ss but he doesnt seem to hurry the play and “push” the ball at the baseman on the receiving end of the play.
I hope that Beckett has much better stuff tonight than he had last outing. I was watching one of those classic games during the rain delay last night. You should have seen Papel bon and Youls as rookies.. Youk had NO goat butt on his face, and JonBon his stuff was on fire. I mean FIRE!!! He needs to go back and look at these films to remind himself of what it looks like.

DGN: you are so right about the plays from ss. It takes alot to scare me, but each time the ball gets anywhere near Lugo, I freeze.. (and I think the ball gets scared too.) Nick Green may make a couple of errors at ss but he doesnt seem to hurry the play and “push” the ball at the baseman on the receiving end of the play.
I hope that Beckett has much better stuff tonight than he had last outing. I was watching one of those classic games during the rain delay last night. You should have seen Papel bon and Youls as rookies.. Youk had NO goat butt on his face, and JonBon his stuff was on fire. I mean FIRE!!! He needs to go back and look at these films to remind himself of what it looks like.

I actually feel for Joba — the bust of his Mom for peddling meth last night. The before and after pictures of his Mom are most tragic — meth addictions are so depleting — I don’t think I will ever understand the utter greed it takes to produce this stuff and set off the whole chain of damage for so many.

How long will Tampa Bay’s dominance over the Sox last this season? & how long will the Sox keep turning the Yankees over?
Although I didn’t get to see any of the game, it’s good to read on here the positive noises about Lester & Papi…& about the effectiveness of Lugo’s absence!!!

A little while ago I promised I would report on goings on with my football (soccer) team here in England. It’s a story of years of underachievement for a grand old club, one of the few left still playing in an old, characterful, ground which is in the centre of the city. What you need to bear in mind for this story is that, in Football, there’s annual promotion/relegation from Leagues, depending on where teams finish – usually 3 up/3 down from Leagues of 24 – the final promotion spot usually being decided after a play-off series between the teams finishing 3rd-6th.

Ok – so, over the course of the previous 102 years of our largely frustrating, & undistinguished history, we had managed to secure promotion on just 3 – that’s right, only three – occasions.

Then, on an ignominious summer afternoon in May, 2003, we were finally relegated from the Football League into what was called the Conference – the equivalent of being demoted into Double A, I guess! At that time, we were owned by a cabal of fraudsters & crooks, who were finally prosecuted, & in a momentous series of events, the Club was taken over by a Supporters Trust, membership fees which (alongside many, many, crazy sponsored events) have provided the playing budget for the team ever since.

3 years ago, we got a new manager – young, forward looking, committed to the Trust ethos, to balancing the budgets, & to rooting the team firmly in its local community. More than that, he was committed to playing beautiful football, and to developing young players rather than spending vast sums we couldn’t afford on players who wouldn’t deliver.

In his 1st year, 2006/7, he took us to the very brink of promotion back, only to see us lose out by an odd goal at Wembley, the home of football – incidentally, the 1st ever time our wee team have ever played there.

The following year saw us, amazingly, back at Wembley for a 2nd time, playing a 2nd play-off final. This time, all of our dewy-eyed optimism & excitement from the previous year was replaced by steely determination, & we went on to triumph by 1-0 – the goal scored by our talismanic player.

Fast-forward to the start of the 2008/9 season, & our opening game saw us playing one of the giants in the League, far away in the North-East of England. We all travelled in hope, rather than expectation. We’d all have been happy with a decent season, consolidating on the previous season’s success. But we played very well in our 1st game ‘back’, &, almost miraculously, got better & better as the season progressed. Still, we were seeing the young players coming through; still the overall wage bill was coming in under budget; still the good footballing ethos was being protected.

Amazingly, on Saturday, we had the chance to travel, once again, up to the North East of England – but this time we travelled in expectation rather than hope – because a win (against a tough old team, it has to be said) would see us secure something that very few teams have ever managed in all the history of English football – back-to-back promotions….

…

…&, oh man, we went up there in our hordes, & saw our wonderful little team win, & win confidently. After 3 promotions in 103 years, we’ve managed to secure 2 further promotions in 2 years.

You know how we felt in 2004, when we defied all the odds to come back against the Yankees, & then march on to our 1st World Series in over 80 years; only to then win our 2nd just 3 years later? Well – we’re going through something similar right now, & maybe more … because these sorts of things just don’t happen to our wonderful little Club.

And our little Club is owned by all of us wonderful little fans – a new way of doing things, & a beacon of hope for sensible & visionary management in these dark financial days…

Jambo,
As the Self-Proclaimed Unnofficial Red Sox Nation Ambassador to Mexico, not only did you need not apologize for narrating such a wonderful story of hard work, passion, and glory, but I would like to express my gratitude for your sharing the experience.
I am also a fan of football (or “fútbol” as we call it in this side of the world), and though I have not experienced the joy of a promotion nor the sorrow of a relegation, I have experienced the joy of seeing the team I love win a top division championship as recently as 2003. Football in Mexico is handled quite differently than in England, starting by the fact that no teams have fan ownership, neither total nor partial. Most teams are owned by companies who use the teams either as a hobby for the company owners or an outlet for company expenses that may result in less company taxes to pay. And since team owners run the Mexican Football Federation, they are allowed to do pretty much anything they want with the sport. One company owns three teams in the top division, and another company owns two, and though we fans find the matches exciting, we can’t help but wonder if the results aren’t sometimes previously arranged.
Nevertheless, this past weekend showed that even the most powerful companies sometimes have no choice but to place the safety of the fans above in importance over their own financial benefits. As you might have heard, there is an influenza pandemic going on in Mexico and many other countries. Mexico is the country with most confirmed cases: over 800 so far, out of which 26 have been deadly. In hopes of preventing further spread of this disease, team owners decided that all matches of the final two weeks of the regular season would take place behind closed doors, which means no fans would be allowed to purchase tickets, food, beverages, nor souvenirs at any of the stadiums. In addition, pay-per-view games were aired on TV for free.
Although this small triumph of good will over greed was well received, it was a very sad sight -and sound- to experience what football is like without the fans. The thrill, the excitement, the passion, the screams of joy and anger of tens of thousands of fans truly is an important part of football. I hope team owners learn to appreciate the importance of fans, so that although we may not be allowed to participate in the ownership, nor the decision-making concerning the team, our thoughts and feelings should be taken into consideration as part of the decision-making process.
Cheers, Jambo. And pray tell, what is the name of your gigantic hearted club? I must say, your story has me rooting for them already!

Hey, Carlos, hey, Jambo04, hope you are doing well. Carlos, I hope the flu that has hit Mexico hard is staying away from you–I hope you stay well.
I’ll speak only for myself, but it doesn’t bother me at all that you are talking about F’utbol/Soccer on here. I’m interested, but I can’t speak for everyone. (Just gotta remember what kind of “Football” is important in our country!) :) What is the name of your team, Jambo04?
It is interesting to me, regarding the Red Sox, that after next week at Fenway, we won’t play Tampa again until August–and we are only going to start playing Toronto after we finish with Tampa! We also have our work cut out for us this month, when we play more than half our games on the road (including our other swing out west, and including a 10-game trip to finish the month). The schedule makers wanted to see what our team was made of early on, I guess! GO SOX!

I just heard a name for Big Papi that probably has been used over and over in New England, but not living there myself, I only heard it for the first time: “BIG POP-UP”!
OUCH!! Applicable (until last night, anyway!), but OUCH!

Sox better get an early lead tonite and hold it — I doubt we will get the entire game in (given normal RedSox/Yankee games) — 5% chance of rain from 6 pm to 10 pm — then 85% chance of rain the rest of the evening.

I dont know what happened there but I was in the middle of my post and it submitted it for me… talk about service!! lol.
Anyway, I hope the weather holds out for us, I hate West coast gaes and raon delays!!
I’ll be back before 1st pitch!!
trixie!!

This is my first time here on Brownie Points for a game. Just wanted to stop by and say hello and LET’S GO RED SOX!

Unfortunately, I am subjected to watching the game on the YES network thru MLB Extra Innings tonight. Oh well… I will just turn off the sound. Maybe I will like to Joe on WEEI thru my laptop. There’s a slight delay but might be worth it.

Papi is definitely seeing the ball better and it seems he’s feeling more comfortable at the plate… more selective with his pitches.. Keep it going Papi..
WAY TO GO JBAY!!!! 3 RUN HOMER~~~~ 4-0 SOX!!!
THEY BETTER WRAP JBAY UP NOW, AND I DO MEAN NOW!!

Boy oh boy, it is getting frustrating watching the Sox top 2 starters make a precious few mistakes, but they are ******** when they happen. Reading the comments Jon L made after last night, I really get the sense he’s getting pretty close to getting on a real roll. I can’t say that I have the same confidence about Josh.

At least the Sox have Chamberlain’s pitch count up to 71 after 4 innings. Hopefully the Sox will be into the Yanks bullpen by the 7th. Lets see if Josh can hold on until then.

Sure would like to see the Sox win tonight and finish this road trip 5 up and 4 down, coming home 7 games over .500, with the Indians coming to town for 2 before seeing the Rays for 3 more. I also hope the Sox can solve the Rays before too long. The Rays looked like world-beaters against the Sox, and then fell flat in their first game against the O’s. go figure?!?!?

This is a game where Kotsay is being missed. Kotsay is very versatile. Kotsay can play first( excellent at first with the Sox in 2008 ) and the outfield. Also Kotsay’s lefty bat would be nice as well tonight against the hard throwing Chamberlain. Baldelli as well would see some good playing time in this game.

You have to be kidding me with this home plate umpire. He has made the plate 4 feet wide for Chamberlain. That pitch he called Pedroia out on was really unbelievable. ……. Chamberlain threw at Bay, no question about it. He’s been painting corners all night long and misses by 2 feet???? I don’t think so.

I like Kotsay better because he can help you in different ways. Casey was one of the funniest guys, he does a solid job on the M.L.B. Network. Casey had a nice career and I’m glad he wore a Red Sox uniform.

Garry…13 more games, chances are Beckett will make 3 more starts against the Yankees, he’ll have lots of chances for sure! Beckett is focused on the win. He needed a good start tonight. Ian thought Beckett would but I wasn’t that optimistic about Beckett turning it around this quick. His last 2 time starts he got lit up!

Finally, Giradi may be helping us out — why does the whole SOX lineup go into the prevent defense after the 1st inning? — umpire is calling close calls and nobody will swing the bat after the 1st inning? What is up with that? arrgh

Taking Chamberlain out right now is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Baseball has become a game of sissies. That is really disgusting. People pay a lot of money, especially at Yankee Stadium, to see great athletes do great things. Chamberlain (with a little help from the home plate umpire) was pitching a very special game that fans don’t get to see very often. Not only are the fans deprived, but Girardi is also not giving the Yankees their best chance to win. Awful………makes me sick as a fan, and ashamed for real baseball players who used to play the game the way it’s supposed to be played.

Boston hitters are quite happy that Chamberlain has been lifted, that means that Yankee pen is in. A big negative about strike-outs, high pitch counts. Pitching to contact is a good thing, keeps your pitch count down. This is the 21st century, 100 pitches or a little more, he is done and the pen is in. The good old days, guys would actually be there closer! That is why I love a guy like Halladay. Oh well, another gripe for me. LOL…I’m sure Garry is with me 100%, these pitch counts drives him nuts. No pitch count for you Garry back in the day.

You would have thought that with ALL the money they spent on this white elephant of a stadium, that they would have consulted drainage experts about the field… call the grounds keepers at Augusta they know how to drain a field!!! BUt no… The Steinbrenners know better.. like how ’bout a retectable roof??? not necessary!

Just curious — anyone know the rule if the home team has been down for several innings — and the visiting team gets an extra half inning at bat — can they still call the game? or do you always have to play complete innings up to 5 before you can call a game?

This game is now an official game. The Red Sox are leading 4-3 and if the game were called at any point right now with the Sox leading 4-3, the game would be official and the Sox would win.

A game becomes a suspended game if the visiting team scores in the top half of an inning to tie a game or take the lead and the home team does not have a chance to complete the inning at bat. The game is suspended, and resumes at the exact point it is called.

WAY TO GO OKI! GO SOX!
Yeah, it is indeed pouring there, but Game 1 of the 07 WS was played in rainy conditions not that different from tonight! Who knows if they’ll call it, therefore? Hmmm… Until then, GO SOX!

No one wants to pay $2500 to sit in the rain and watch the Yanks get spanked! (knock on wood — since there are three more outs) — maybe we won’t need Mother Nature after all —
we should have two easier outs in the bottom of the ninth– can’t let those slip by.

Unless some disaster happens I feel confident about the game. However I am worried a bit about Youk and Ellsbury. The schedule is surely starting to take its tole. Fortunately the Sox have a bench.
Beckett looked a LOT better tonight. He’s still fighting control and compensated a lot with breaking pitches but for the most part it worked.
Sox needed these two games. I know we’re not done yet but that lead really made me breath easier.
Lugo not playing…and Sox win…PATTERN HERE!

No question Greg but consider the fact that we have players who can step into the role –er…well there is Lugo. Granted it’s hard to lose Ellsbury and Youk especially Youk right now but I keep hoping that Lugnut will get hurt AGAIN!

moanin all….well well well…..good mooooooooooooooorning new york…..its the judge and heres a song commin ur waaaaaaaay….this is the end…my only friend the end lol….a bp that is horrid,star plrs gettin hurt,other ones not hittin,other ones no way near worth what u paid em for ….hmmmmmmmmm……i had made a blog back in maybe december or jan cant remember sayin that by signin tex…who im sure will rebound….(maybe not tho,i wonder if hes ever been booed constantly)….anyways by getting tex that locked up a position usually designated for aging sluggers….ie….posada,damon,jeter,matsui,and so on….soon the yanks are gonna have a pluthera of these plrs….im thinkin with the amount of free agents last yr they coulda passed on tex and signed maybe dunn,burrill,ibanuez,hudson, and ugh ugh….zazu….eek…we woulda lost either papi or mikey….im thinkin not tho…i think they woulda had pedey take short….ya know he loves a challenge….and had yuke” the man” try second…or maybe not…anyhoo….the yanks are in bad shape rt now….bad bad bad….how much money u think the yanks are gonna thro at zau,bay,or holliday next yr…..or all 3….zazu will opt out and be in ny….thats prob the only way the yanks can fill those seats that arent sellin….lawdy….and commin back soon is my buddy limp rod(juice boy)….lol that will only hurt em i think….but who knows….they dont have the pitching to get it done….life is good…..judge ….ps….hay cash man…..next time buy some character plrs….like i said before season…dirty 30 was ur best signin and u tried to trade him lol….think what the season would look like without him now lol….judge

time for some days off….jake is sore,yuke too, mikey is playing alot of games,nancy looks horrid, and heading to cleveland….bad bad staff….time off for a few i think….hey how does bays numbers compare to zazu at this point?….and hes faced much better pitchers in our series….nice job J B …..goooooooooooo soooooooooooox…..thank the lord im not a yankee fan…..judge…..

Yanks are seriously down right now, Cleveland is not strong — the real test is whether we will be able to defend home turf against Tampa this weekend.

We are sort of banged up too, so maybe not yet (hope so though) but you have to admit — beating the Yanks the past two days was like playing the Tampa Bay of old — pitching not near the quality of TB of today or a quality club, especially the pen.

At some point we need to start winning games against really good pitching — that is where (so far) we have tended to break down first. You are supposed to win when the the opposing team tanks on either SP or BP. Its winning strength to strength that will require Papi to get on track and our SP to stabilize, before we start winning series against TB and comparable opponents.

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